The Angel's BreathA Poem by The White RoseI wrote this about the betrayal of my friend for my English poetry portfolio. We were required to write it as an elegy of a person we hate, enlisting the use of euphemisms.Six feet under At room temperature Thou art sleeping with the fishes With webs thou wove in rapture From the Devil’s threads So divine Intricately fitted For an angel’s breath, to entwine. For an angel Thou disarmingly likened me From under-the-table Three words bequeathed by thee But as an Indian giver Three sheets to the wind With flair thou escaped And chose to rescind Regret not the ticket that sent thee To thy fate, down a one-way road For unrequited love The angel bestowed Upon thy soul Thy mind Thy heart The light in thy eyes she knew to be blind Thou met thy Maker Succumbed to derision Left me decaying in remains Of thy passive-aggression The Serpent whose fangs Sucked out warmth’s contour Such magnificent betrayal Like I’ve known not ever before. Oh! How I long for thy company The gallantry of knights Thou never sought to gain The sting of frostbites Thou never strove to cure Thou eccentricity from afar I admire But hate thee? I could never For thee placed me in a gyre. Wonderfully artful, thou mislead even the best Made sure there’d be no peace, even as being put to rest. © 2011 The White Rose |
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Added on August 4, 2011 Last Updated on August 4, 2011 AuthorThe White RoseWuhan, Hubei, ChinaAbout17 Chinese-Australian I'm not a serious writer waiting to be discovered. Just a teenage girl with emotions. Just what the world needs ;) more..Writing
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